According to a press statement issued on Saturday, the State Health Systems Resource Centre (SHSRC) will now evaluate the performance of senior officers and health institutions across all districts and municipal areas. SHSRC conducts health reseach and provides technical support to the state.It will generate monthly rankings based on administrative, technical, and financial performance. Abitkar instructed that, moving forward, these rankings must be the primary criteria for human resource decisions. The move is expected to streamline the functioning of the health service and eliminate the influence of middlemen or illicit payments. The SHSRC is modelled after the National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) in New Delhi, which provides similar technical support at the central level. Kailash Bawiskar, deputy director (IEC), health services, said this system will apply to all employees from Class 1 to Class 3. “District programme managers, district accounts managers, and National Health Mission consultants and officers have been instructed to conduct regular field visits to health institutions,” Bawiskar said. “They are required to submit objective reports based on these visits, which will feed into the ranking system.” The directives were issued during a high-level meeting focused on recruitment, human resource streamlining, and institutional oversight. The meeting was attended by key stakeholders, including principal secretary (health) Nipun Vinayak, secretary E. Ravindran, health commissioner Kadambari Balkawade, and director of health services Nitin Ambadekar. Also present were health department director Vijay Kandewad, joint directors Rajendra Bhalerao, Sunita Golhait, and Sarita Hazare, as well as advisors Subhash Salunkhe and Mohan Jadhav.
